......"Whenever I opened the paper I saw that my pitiful little holdings in various industrial shares had slid still further down the slope. Everything seemed to be cracking up. England was unutterably weary, America was in the throes of a nervous breakdown, Germany had consumption, Italy was suffering from delusions of grandeur, Spain was about to be sick, Russia had the delirium tremens, and France had an acute attack of hysteria following indigestion. The world seemed vulgar, irrational and dangerous."......
An extract from DOWN THE GARDEN PATH by Beverley Nichols, - May 1932
An extract from DOWN THE GARDEN PATH by Beverley Nichols, - May 1932
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